healthcare

VenturePeople: Heritage Group gains Wallace from SVLS

Jun 28, 2011 at 09:20 am by miltcapps

Paul Wallace, a Nashvillian long associated with private-equity funds and Healthways, has joined Burton Hills-based Heritage Group LLC, according to his LinkedIn posting. Wall.... Read More

HealthTeacher reaches venture's 'inflection point';<br>backer Chrysalis joined by SSM as Petra exits

Jun 28, 2011 at 08:31 am by miltcapps

HealthTeacher may have reached a veritable "inflection point" in its 12-year campaign to make a growth business out of improving the health, fitness and physical and emotional.... Read More

Startup Tennessee launch to draw Gov. Haslam,<br>Startup America CEO to Entrepreneur Center

Jun 27, 2011 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

UPDATE 1:14 P.M. 28 June: ECD issued a request for information (RFI here) from potential bidders representing regional business accelerators, with responses due by July 1.... Read More

Apple Inc.'s Herbold joins HealthTeacher drive<br>to make U.S. youth health 'cool & aspirational'

Jun 21, 2011 at 09:25 am by miltcapps

HealthTeacher, the online health-education curriculum provider based in Brentwood, has hired former Apple Inc. senior product manager John Herbold as vice president-product, s.... Read More

Ferdowsi's latest venture was obvious path<br>after his Austin Ventures gig ended

Jun 06, 2011 at 06:25 am by miltcapps

Farsheed Ferdowsi, now 56, was failing at retirement even more miserably than we realized. For several months in 2010, the founder and successfully exited CEO of Paymaxx quie.... Read More

Ventures: BlankSlate fund debuts, 5 venture updates

Jun 05, 2011 at 11:12 pm by miltcapps

Cliff Duffey GROWTH COMPANY CYBERA, the Franklin-based provider of hosted IT network, application and event security solutions for retail stores, announced.... Read More

NewsBits, June 6, 2011

Jun 05, 2011 at 04:31 pm by miltcapps

► GO FIGURE: Nashville is listed 27th among the nation's "Cities on the Edge" that are "poised for greatness," according to Sperling's BestPlaces, which considers pro sports,.... Read More

CapControls' $3.8m cap raise and AnalytX pact<br>drive Maxwell start-up's pursuit of growth

May 22, 2011 at 06:03 pm by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE venture CapControls is aggressively pursuing growth through a strategic partnership with AnalytX, after securing capital from a TNInvestco and other investors, sai.... Read More

NHCC panel: Nashville healthcare stakeholders must promote elsewhere

May 11, 2011 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

Nashville Health Care Council events invariably attract a sea of suited healthcare executives intent on networking and hearing wisdom from panelists. Yesterday's "Financi.... Read More

NewsBits, May 11, 2011

May 11, 2011 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

Roy Ziegler ► Louisville-based Chrysalis Ventures has added healthcare services and technology VC Roy Ziegler, previously with Health Evolution Partners, the private.... Read More

NEXT TN: Research-industry-capital links are key<br>to state's intellectual-property commercialization

May 10, 2011 at 07:54 am by miltcapps

Too few Tennessee-born ideas are translating into start-up businesses, but stronger outreach and collaboration could improve upon the state's "mixed record of entrepreneurial.... Read More

Link: VU Engineers at ISIS run global cyber-collaborative portal

Apr 14, 2011 at 12:36 pm by miltcapps

Vanderbilt University shifts tech-transfer portfolio

Apr 14, 2011 at 11:32 am by miltcapps

Dr. Gordon Bernard Update: To read about the appointment of Alan Bentley to the position reported here, click here. The story as originally publis.... Read More

Angel Tax Credit: Prayers for passage not on all lips

Apr 11, 2011 at 08:34 am by miltcapps

The Angel Investor Tax Credit proposal now before the General Assembly may remind some of the adage, "Be careful what you pray for." Denenberg Angel Capita.... Read More

New Beasley-Rolfe PE firm targets 'business orphans'

Apr 11, 2011 at 07:54 am by miltcapps

Entrepreneurs Lyle Beasley and Bob Rolfe have formed West End Holdings LLC, a private equity firm looking to buy companies that "should be making money," but aren't, Beasley t.... Read More

TNInvestco pace mounts; Consensus Point next up?

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

CONSENSUS POINT, the Nashville-based predictive markets provider, is believed close to securing a $1 million investment from TNInvestco NEST-TN, according to VNC sources..... Read More

Bullpen Ventures preps for pitches, aims for the fence

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

Bullpen Ventures is warming-up to fund up to 12 start-ups per year, said the VC-backed incubator's co-founder, Stuart McWhorter. Bullpen's home plate is within the Nashville E.... Read More

NewsBits, April 4, 2011

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

TripRaiser may have legs: Nashvillians Lauren and Wade Honeycutt (left), both age 23 and 2009 Auburn grads, told VNC they plan a May launch for their software as se.... Read More

Founder of local $95MM Hope Investments fund<br>aims to support Just Hope global relief work

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:11 am by miltcapps

Updated 15 January 2017 - Brentwood fund manager Karen Bruton filed Jan. 13 on a $238.5MM raise. Our original April 4, 2011 story is below.-Ed. Karen Bruton, a Brentwood fund.... Read More

N³: NashvilleCubed April-May Venture events

Apr 04, 2011 at 08:09 am by miltcapps

NashvilleCubed [N³] spotlights events within the 500-plus* square miles of Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County, a Center of U.S. creativity and enterprise al.... Read More

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